Educational potential of medical audit: observations from a study of small groups setting standards.

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Published in Qual Health Care on December 01, 1992

Authors

J Newton1, A Hutchinson, N Steen, I Russell, E Haimes

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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